I__. - International Military Testing Association

5. Training is essential to the success of the program. It is recommended
that someone from DANTES attend each of the training Sessions. This was not
done for this portion of the pilot study and inconsequence, data collection
was slow and many follow-up letters had to be written.
6. The need for extensive and current data is apparent. Many outdated and/or
hardbound references can be replaced by the CAGIS software. DANTES should
consider distributing reference materials less frequently and rely more on the
information available in the CAGIS software.
SUMMARY
The data from this expanded pilot study clearly substantiates the data from ..
the initial pilot study. The systems have considerable value not only to the
clients but also the education center personnel. It is cost effective, up-todate,
thorough, and most importantly readily available. The users, ranging
from active duty personnel to DOD civilians and family members indicated very
strongly that this is an essential service.
As the Military enters into a period of austere funding and personnel
reductions, programs such as CAGIS will become increasingly important to help
personnel make the transition back to the civilian workplace and higher
education. Comments from program administrators clearly demonstrate the
feeling that these programs are going to fill a very large gap in their
services.
Education centers need to move more rapidly into the world of automation and
take advantage of the information explosion. These systems are going to make
information retrieval instantaneous and eliminate hours of tedious research
using hard cover reference materials.
It would appear from the current data that these systems have value for all
pay grades and all branches of Service. The program should be expanded to
allow all sites that have a need to be able to access one of the systems.
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